Alternative Path to Recovery?
 

I got sober through AA and maintain my program two decades later but I like exploring other routes to sobriety. Here's an interesting article on a therapy called EMDR in the recovery website The Fix.......

Is EMDR the Cure? | The Fix

Interesting stuff.

Hi NYC Doglover,

Congrats on two decades.

I'm no expert but i would guess that you, having two decades, are now safe to explore "Alternative Paths."

But for myself, that "alternative" way of thinking is a slippery slope that will just get me back to a very bad place, as it has many times before.

regards


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I agree...I might look into something new when I have 20 years...I still haven't got over the fact I made it a year.

Hi Sapling,

Congrats on making one year.

That's NOT small potatoes, imo.

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No I don't look at it like that...More like a miracle for me.

I hve know of this, but in connection with PTSD. The professionals have been
using this for several years now with PTSD sufferers with a fairly good success
rate.

However, those PTSD sufferers who have also fallen to alcoholism and/or add-
iction still require something in addition to get on the full road to recovery.

Over these many years I have been sober I have and continue to look at 'other'
methods of recovery. Some I want nothing to do with, others I have taken some
of their tools to add to my tool box, etc Some, I have been doing what they
suggest for years, roflmao

I figure as 'the professionals' come up with more and more methods, then maybe
we will end up with more and more folks that not only have a chance to recover
but do recover.

J M H O

Love and hugs,

I put this out there for people who won't go to AA. I don't know if this works but it's better to try something than nothing.

It's a miracle for alcoholics to have one day sober I think. When I got to my third anniversary I was astonished and couldn't understand how I got there. Then I realized I put my fanny in a chair several times per week and it happens.

:c011: Thank you NYCDoglvr. :) I do appreciate this giving act from the heart.

That 'something than nothing' makes it possible for me to attend open AA meetings. Otherwise my crazy @ss would be running amok living on the streets.